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PSP Makai Wars cancelled?

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Thank you for taking your time to contact NIS America, Inc.

In regards to the Makai Wars that was announced at E3 2004, unfortunately, it had been cancelled because of the luck of PSP development kit. However, there is a chance that it may be released in the future when Nippon Ichi is ready to develop PSP games. We will certainly pass on the words to you when we have more information!

I hope this will clear your confusion…

Please contact us anytime if you have further concern.

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Hiroko N
NIS America, inc.
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http://p211.ezboard.com/fatlususadiscussionboardfrm5.showMessage?topicID=277.topic

and rumor has it, that makai wars evolved into phantom/makai kingdom for the ps2.
 
first ys now this. bummer. but what does "luck of psp development kit" mean? maybe they mean "lack."
 
Kinda curious they are having problems with PSP dev kits...Perhaps Faf or Pana can say something about it...
 
SolidSnakex said:
Ys isn't cancelled. John posted later in that thread that it's back on release lists, it was just delayed for a bit.
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well, that's good news, at least. i guess some gaf threads are worth reading to the end. thanks.
 
Amir0x said:
Seriously, Makai Wars was my #1 anticipated PSP game. I'm so fuckin' disappointed right now.
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Yeah, same here. With a Nippon Ichi game on the go, I don't think I would ever get anything done, but it is not to be. Cancelled may be a bit harsh though, I think it's been delayed indefinetly, which isn't really better though.
 
belgurdo said:
Watch this pop up on the DS with some stupid touch screen karaoke song mode or something
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i wouldn't be disappointed then because Nippon Ichi's games aren't exactly graphical power houses anyway (and in fact, they're really ugly and they need to learn to use hi-res sprites IMMEDIATELY) and DS could probably pull one off really well.

of course, minus the stupid touch screen karaoke.
 
Noooo! There goes the pointless DS vs PSP/Fire Emblem VS Makai Wars/ archaic vs math engine threads.
 
Mejilan said:
Would it suck on the DS? ;p
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My thinking was more along the lines of "why not make it for both portables instead of coming up with excuses as to why they couldn't develop for one system or the other?" rather than "nintendo sucks," but I probably missed the mark
 
just to be sure i would like official confirmation

some ezboard post who got his info from some GAMEFAQer isn't the best source
 
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i think phantom kingdom is being released as makai kingdom in the us. i don't see the sense of adding japanese words to a game's american title, but what the hell do i know.
 
drohne said:
i think phantom kingdom is being released as makai kingdom in the us. i don't see the sense of adding japanese words to a game's american title, but what the hell do i know.
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Because NIS is both blessed and cursed.

Blessed with talent, and intelligent fans of robust strategy games who form one half of their fanbase.

Cursed with a knack for oft-times very creepy fanservice and due to that, the other half of their US fanbase is japanophilic shitheads.
 
drohne said:
well, that's good news, at least. i guess some gaf threads are worth reading to the end. thanks.
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Yeah, there was stuff worth checking out after my "MOTHERFUCK BALL!" comment.

This is a huge blow. Of the six or so PSP games I actually remember are coming, this was one of 'em. Nyargh.
 
Alex said:
Maybe it's going to Atlus instead of NIS America, that's what the GameStop link indicates.
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Atlus is NIS America's distributor.
drohne said:
i think phantom kingdom is being released as makai kingdom in the us. i don't see the sense of adding japanese words to a game's american title, but what the hell do i know.
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Correct, Phantom Kingdom = Makai Kingdom.

And I always figured they changed it to try and build some brand recognition for Makai Wars, ...but apparently the PSP game never got off the ground, so who knows.
 
Alex said:
Because NIS is both blessed and cursed.

Blessed with talent, and intelligent fans of robust strategy games who form one half of their fanbase.

Cursed with a knack for oft-times very creepy fanservice and due to that, the other half of their US fanbase is japanophilic shitheads.
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Nailed it; Googling "Phantom Brave" to get screenshots that the usual RPG sites didn't have scarred me for life. >_<

Another thing is, Nippon Ichi isn't rolling in dough; that's why their games are all PS2 exclusive, to get a better sized niche audience without the expense of multiple ports. I doubt they had the funds to pull off learning the archatecture of a new system in addition to the next generation of consoles coming up.
 
Alex said:
Because NIS is both blessed and cursed.

Blessed with talent, and intelligent fans of robust strategy games who form one half of their fanbase.

Cursed with a knack for oft-times very creepy fanservice and due to that, the other half of their US fanbase is japanophilic shitheads.
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You're not counting the segment of the fanbase that is both! ;) 'Course I wouldn't call them shitheads, but eh.
 
Feh more vaporware for PSP. Way things are looking i'll actually be buying a DS come late summer and shockingly enough have quite a few games to choose from. If there isn't a flood of quality titles announced at E3 the honeymoon between me and my PSP is officially over :lol. No way Hot Shots Golf and Lumines will keep me afloat that long.
 
SatelliteOfLove said:
Nailed it; Googling "Phantom Brave" to get screenshots that the usual RPG sites didn't have scarred me for life. >_<

Another thing is, Nippon Ichi isn't rolling in dough; that's why their games are all PS2 exclusive, to get a better sized niche audience without the expense of multiple ports. I doubt they had the funds to pull off learning the archatecture of a new system in addition to the next generation of consoles coming up.
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There's absolutely no reason that NI cannot outsource PSP development. There are plenty of teams with PSP devkits available in Japan right now.
 
Totally forgot about this game but thankfully there's more Nippon coming to PS2 :D Game looked nice from the screens I remember seeing. hopefully Sony smartens upand gives them a DEVkit.
 
duckroll said:
You remember seeing screens from a game that doesn't exist? Wow, your tag is dead-on! :lol

Anyway IGN has this up: http://psp.ign.com/articles/603/603388p1.html and it doesn't sound pretty. :(
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Well the screenshots I was talking about wasn't from Makai wars but were labelled as such. They were from Generation of Chaos IV but for some fucked up reason the site I was looking at had them mislabelled, oh and fuck you :)
 
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